Poached Pears with Grand Marnier Custard Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 large lemons
- 6 slightly underripe pears
- 3 cups cold water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 inch vanilla bean
- thin strips orange zest
- grand marnier custard, sauce (recipe is in my cookbook)
directions
- Make Grand Marnier Custard Sauce.
- For pears: Squeeze juice from 1 ½ of the lemons; measure and reserve 3 tblsps of the juice.
- Add remaining juice to large bowl of cold water.
- Using corer or small, thin-bladed knife, core one pear, leaving stem intact, through the blossom end.
- Pare and place in acidulated water.
- Repeat with remaining pears.
- Mix 3 cups water and sugar in saucepan large enough to hold all the pears.
- Heat, stirring frequently, over medium heat until sugar dissolves and liquid begins to boil.
- Stir in reserved lemon juice.
- Drain pears and place in simmering syrup.
- Cook uncovered, turning carefully occasionally, over medium heat until tender, 35-45 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Cut 4 very thin slices from remaining lemon half.
- Add vanilla and lemon slices to poaching liquid.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Refrigerate, covered, until cold.
- Remove pears with slotted spoon to individual dessert plates; spoon custard sauce over pears; garnish with orange zest.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.